UNR's first Marshall Scholar, also nation's top collegiate debater, set to graduate Saturday

10:00 PM,
Dec. 9, 2011

Max Alderman, a student at UNR, will be among those graduating Saturday.

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Max Alderman, who graduates Saturday with two bachelor degrees from the University of Nevada, Reno, leaves for England next September to study as UNR's first Marshall Scholar.

Alderman, 22, was awarded a full-ride, two-year scholarship to attend any university in the United Kingdom. He chose Warwick University in Coventry, about an hour northwest of London, because of its philosophy program.

"It's been really wonderful, I can't lie. I just feel very lucky," said Alderman, who already has packed a lifetime of experiences in his four-and-a-half years in college. ...